________________________________________________ Read Me for DTL OTMaster 3.7.0 ________________________________________________ Dutch Type Library, 1 November 2013 ________________________________________________ DTL OTMaster (OTM) is a highly sophisticated application for opening, reviewing, editing and storing outlines and tables of snft file-structured fonts, as there are CFF and TTF flavoured OpenType fonts, TrueType fonts and TrueType Collection fonts. Font editors, like for instance the DTL FontMaster (FM) suite, FontLab Studio, Fontographer and FontForge, rely on their own internal data formats for type design and font production. In case of the batch oriented FM modules, this is either an IK or a BE file, for the IKARUS and Bezier outline description formats respectively, along with data files for character and font encoding, font naming, kerning and OpenType Layout features. From these data, binary fonts for the end- user are compiled as the very last step in the font production process. OTM is a tool for inspecting and adjusting such binary fonts, irrespective of the font editor used for their creation. OTM makes the editing of tables possible from a graphical user interface. Furthermore, it comes with built-in tools like the Glyph Editor for proofing and editing contours or even drawing glyphs from scratch. A 'kern' Table Viewer is available for proofing and refining the kerning, and a 'GSUB' / 'GPOS' Viewer to visually test and adjust these OpenType Layout tables. DTL OTMaster is available for Mac OS X (Snow Leopard and newer), Windows (Windows XP and newer), and Linux. ________________________________________________ New in version 3.7.0: - Import/export of Ideographic Variation Sequences (IVS) - Extensively enhanced Glyph Editor - Switch for Subroutinization in CFF - Support OS/2 Table V5 - Side-by-side viewer (for multiple fonts) - Change table view with ( + ) - Editing of Feature Parameters - Enhanced Consistency Checker - Export of IK/II/BE/IB formats (+ export of all formats, i.e., + UFM, CHA, FEA) - Support for COLR+CPAL tables - Autohinter for edited or newly added glyphs ________________________________________________ New in version 2.4.0: - Improved export of OpenType Layout features. - 'post' table version can be changed now (2 <-> 3). - 'gasp' table version can be changed now (0 <-> 1). - New in the Consistency checker: 1. Enhanced 'Italic Angle' check in the 'Header' section. 2. 'Language support' checker, listing supporting and missing glyphs for a specific language. ________________________________________________ New in version 2.3.0: - Support for the display of cursive attachment (Arabic). - Enhanced display of mark-to-base and mark-to-mark attachment points. - Interactive editing of mark attachment points. - Export of kerning-data as AFM file (only from 'kern' table). - Two new options in the Consistency checker: 1. Unicode ranges, 2. Codepage ranges. ________________________________________________ New in version 2.0.0: - Support of the latest 'build' of the AFDKO version 2.5. - Support for OT Specification V1.6. - Support for Mark Filtering Sets. - Support for cv00-cv99, ss01-ss20. - Support for feature name tags. - Two new options in the Consistency checker: 1. Version checker, 2. Glyf and Header entries checker. - Glyph Copy Tool supports copying OTF(CFF) <-> TTF now. - Cut/Copy/Paste between Bezier outlines (CFF) and quadratic splines (Glyf). - EPS import & export - SVG import & export - Metrics editing and update (hmtx, vmtx) in the glyph editor. - Autohinting (for single glyphs). - Display of hints for CFF Fonts. ________________________________________________ New in version 1.0.1: - Support for the very latest AFDKO 2.5 version. - Changed export of GDEF table to fit the modified way to create one with the latest AFDKO. - Bug fix for crash during export of Character Layout files and OpenType Layout features files under Mac OS 10.4 and previous OS X versions. ________________________________________________ New in version 1.0.0: - Integration of the Adobe SDK for font development version 2.5. - Support for importing and exporting OpenType Layout feature files and Character Layout files. - The option to move through the tables using the arrow keys. - Various changes in the graphical user interface. - Special editions for PowerPC and Intel based Macs running Mac OS X.4 and previous OS X versions and for Intel based Apple computers running Leopard. ________________________________________________ Dutch Type Library Zwaenenstede 49 5221 KC 's-Hertogenbosch The Netherlands phone: + 31 (0)73 614 95 36 fax: + 31 (0)73 613 98 23 e-mail: info@dutchtypelibrary.com web sites: http://www.dtl.nl and http://www.fonttools.org URW++ Design & Development GmbH Poppenbuetteler Bogen 36 D-22399 Hamburg Germany phone: +49 (0)40 60 60 50 fax: +49 (0)40 60 60 51 11 e-mail: info@urwpp.de web site: http://www.urwpp.de ________________________________________________ Copyright Dutch Type Library and URW++ Design & Development, 2009-2013 ________________________________________________